Senior Postdoctoral (Sabbatical) Training
1997 Carl F. Marrs, PhD
1994-1995 Sung-Min Hyung, MD
Postdoctoral Fellows Supervised
1993-1995 Yu-Chih Hou, MD
1994-1996 Mohammad Othman, PhD
1997-1998 Maria Gottfredsdottir, MD
1997-1999 Satoko Shimizu, MD
2000-2002 Nobuo Fuse, MD, PhD
2000-2001 Brian Brooks, MD, PhD
2002 Jeffrey Hess, MD
2001-2003 Avisa Aledavood, MD
2001-2003 Rosa Ayala-Lugo, MD
2005-2007 Charles Krafchak, PhD
2010-2011 Hsien-Chang Lin, PhD
Doctoral Degree Students Supervised
2000-2005 Charles Krafchak, MPH, MD, PhD
2005-2009 Jennifer Abigail Woodroffe, MS, PhD
Master’s Degree Students Supervised
* marks Public Health Genetics students
1998-1999 Thomas Darga, MS*
2000-2001 Suhad Ajina, MD
2000-2005 Charles Krafchak, MPH, MD, PhD*
2004-2006 Marty Soehnlen, MPH, PhD
2005 Jill Davis, BSN
2005 Johanna Lowenstein, MS*
2005-2007 Ji Young Lee, MS*
2007-2009 Stephanie Stenzel Schmidt, MPH, PhD
2007-2009 Sachiko Yoneyama, MPH*
2010-2013 Grace Kim, MPH*
2012-2014 Lauren Sanders, MPH*
2013-2015 Christine Rygiel, MPH*, MB (ASCP)
2014-current Marissa Cloutier, BA
Service on Thesis Committees
2000 Doug Gould, PhD
External thesis defense referee
2003 Jeffrey Jamison
Committee member
2004 Charles Krafchak, MPH
Thesis committee chair
2005-2009 Jennifer Abigail Woodroffe
Thesis committee chair
Ophthalmology Residents Supervised
1991-1992 Robin Ginsburg, MD
1994-1997 Andrew Hanzlik, MD
1999-2000 Brian Brooks, MD
1999-2000 Michael Hall, MD
Medical Students Supervised
1991 V.J. Bhagat, MD - Summer research
1991 Mark Zawisa, MD - Summer research
1994-1995 Linda Sherman, MD - Research rotation
2001 Pauline Lim, MD - Summer research
2003 Anil Singal, MD - Summer research
2003, 2005 Michael Page, MD - Summer research
2010 Nisreen Mesiwala, MD - 1/2 year research
2010 William Pothoff, MD - Research rotation
Undergraduate Students
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) Students Supervised
1995-1996 Gregg Radzely, BS
1995-1997 LaTanya Washington, BS
2000-2001 Omar Faridi, BS, MD
2000-2001 Jennifer Marble
NSF Research Experience Undergraduate (REU) Program Students Supervised
2014 Leah Linenfelser, BS
2014-2015 Sarah Skender, BS
Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) Students Supervised
2001 Kimberly Gardner (Columbia University), BS co-supervised with Gonçalo Abecasis
Other Undergraduates Trained
1990-1992 Joannie Grimm, BS
1993-1995 Jodi Nichols-Torrez, BS, DVM
1996-1997 Andrew Mick, BS, OD, FAAO
1999-2000 Jia Su, BS
1999-2000 Sudhanshu Arora, BS
2000-2001 Rumana Farzana, BS
2000-2001 Amelia Botsford (summer research, Tufts)
2000-2001 Greg Archer (summer research, MSU)
2001-2002 Dorian Vaduva, BS
2000-2005 Aaron Breider
2001-2002 James Eadie, BA
2004-2005 Adrian Marrs, BA
2005 Brian O’Keefe, BS
2005-2006 Sophia Fotinos
2006-2007 Patrick McClaren, MD
2009-current Gauri Pawar, BS
2009-2012 Jamila Odeh, BA
2010-current Colin Marrs, BM
2010-current Jesse Gilbert, BS
2011-current Laurel Wiienecka-Bieser, BA
2011-current Natalie Lopes, MS, MS
2011 Michelle Ciambella, BS
2012-2013 Aniket Aurora, BS
2012-2013 Ilana Rashes
2013 Justin Ciula, BS
High School Students
2006 Elizabeth Lillard, BA, MS
2012 Katherine Selwa
2014-2015 Taylor Ladderoot